In%20Memoriam:%20Mark%20Mathis

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In MemoriamMark Mathis
"Behind every successful cat is an obedient
owner."
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Mark Mathis 1952 - 2002
Mark was born in Chicago and moved to New Jersey
when he was 10. He was always a high academic
achiever getting a perfect 1600 on the SAT and
being a national merit scholar. In his mid
20's, he moved to the Washington area and met his
wife at a volleyball game. They were married in
1983 and begat Allison in 1985 and Melinda in
1987. He worked from home with his company Plus
Pendator (which in Latin means big spender) so
that when Allison and Melinda were in elementary
school he could take them to school in the
morning and pick them up in the afternoon. In
1993 Mark, divorced, started a different
business, DC Easylink which was an ISP. After DC
Easylink, he started Micro Access Technologies
for which Allison designed their logo.
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Mark Mathis 1952 - 2002
After his house burned down, Mark went to Gospel
Rescue Mission and became the director of the
computer department. He also taught classes for
ByteBack. He joined TeraTech in December, 1999
and started running the MDCFUG meetings and
organizing the CFUN-2k conference. He would often
be seen walking around the conference site
smoking his pipe or chatting with people. He was
always ready to help out and answer questions. He
did have a playful streak in him - often setting
exam questions for students that required an
extra twist to figure out. He loved cats and had
four of them. Mark died of a heart attack on
Good Friday 3/29/02 at the hospital. He was 50
years old.
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Mark et al at CFUN-2K
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Do you see a slight resemblance?
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Mark being Mark
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Mark at one of his favorite pastimes
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Marks mischievous aura manifested
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Mark with his oldest cat.